Monday, November 12, 2012

STRESSED OUT??!!

How can you manage
your stress? Here are a few suggestions to help get you through:

Avoid stressful
situations: Give yourself a break, if only for a few moments daily.

Change how you react
to stress: Focus on one troublesome thing and manage your reactions to
him/her/it. It is advisable to do this in moderation, in order to see what
method does and does not work for you.

Avoid extremes:
Why hate when a little dislike will do? Why generate anxiety when you can be
nervous? Why rage when anger will do the job? Why be depressed when you can
just be sad?

Set priorities:
Don’t overwhelm yourself by fretting about your entire workload. Handle each
task as it comes, or selectively deal with matters in some priority.

Set realistic goals:
Reduce the number of events going on in your life and you will be able to focus
more of your time on what needs to get done.

Take control of the
situation: Look around and see if there really is something you can change
or control in the situation.

Manage how stress
affects you: This is a long range strategy of adapting your situation, and
the effects of stress in your life. Try to isolate and work with one “effect”
at a time. Don’t overwhelm yourself.

Discover new
relaxation techniques: Learn how to best relax yourself. Meditation and
breathing exercises have been proven to be very effective in controlling
stress. Practice clearing your mind of disturbing thoughts.

Change how you see
the situation: Stress is a reaction to events and problems, and you can
lock yourself in to one way of reviewing your situation. Seek an outside
perspective of the situation, compare it with yours and perhaps lessen your
reaction to these conditions.

Figure out what’s
most important: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Try to prioritize a few truly
important things and let the rest of the details sit on the back burner.